As awesome as it is to be with a big act and get three catered meals a day and get a dressing room with an actual shower in it, it's hard sometimes as a new artist to come across in 25 minutes. You get 25 minutes to hopefully impress these people. I think the longer set is more suitable for us and gives us an opportunity to connect better.

I decided I was just going to sing the type of songs I gravitated toward and inspired me and moved me. I was going to let the people whose job it was to decide what places to put it, and let them do that. I'll stick to the singing part.

I think anytime you get nominated for an award, its a very humbling thing.

I really like singing, but coming from a small town like where I grew up, how do you start that journey?

I naively thought I had to go door to door, find somebody who could record me singing some songs. I didn't know Music Row, I didn't know anything! So after six or seven months, I went back home and went to college.

I'm obviously very involved with my own charity and foundation that I work with. Obviously, I'm very passionate about that.

Nowadays, social media is the easiest place to go to find something.